Re: Non-x86 architectures becomes more popular in Debian...

2005-10-17 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting John Hasler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Gustavo Franco writes: > > I think that popcon is a bit underrated in the project. > > Does the installer mention popcon? It installs it..:-) (unfortunately, for various design issues, the sarge installer stopped installing it during its development pr

When is it acceptable to revoke my gpg key?

2005-10-17 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
I recently generated a new gpg key. I was planning on revoking my old key, however all of my packages were uploaded with signatures from my old key. Do I need to prepare new uploads with the new key? Since I am not too far into the NM process so far, my key is not in the Debian keyring yet, so I

Re: Managing SSL certificates

2005-10-17 Thread Pierre THIERRY
Scribit sean finney dies 16/10/2005 hora 11:00: > also, i think extreme care should be take wrt these ssl certificates. > i don't think they should be blindly purged at package removal (or > probably even package purge) time, without getting permission from the > local admin. I think that this SSL

Re: Bits from the release team: the plans for etch

2005-10-17 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Paul TBBle Hampson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 07:27:14PM +0200, Olaf van der Spek wrote: >> On 10/17/05, Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Simon Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> >> That is why I ask that before an NMU, someone should show me the

Re: Bits from the release team: the plans for etch

2005-10-17 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Olaf van der Spek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 10/17/05, Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Simon Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > That is why I ask that before an NMU, someone should show me the patch, >> > and if I reply "I don't have time right now, okay to NMU tha

Re: Non-x86 architectures becomes more popular in Debian...

2005-10-17 Thread John Hasler
Gustavo Franco writes: > I think that popcon is a bit underrated in the project. Does the installer mention popcon? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Non-x86 architectures becomes more popular in Debian...

2005-10-17 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Gustavo Franco] > Have you a TODO list to share with us and are you thinking in ways > to expand the popcon visibility in the short term ? We are two persons maintaining the package (it is on alioth, https://alioth.debian.org/projects/popcon/>), and you should probably use our mailing list to dis

Re: Non-x86 architectures becomes more popular in Debian...

2005-10-17 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 10/17/05, Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm pleased to observe that the non-x86 architectures reporting to > debian popularity-contest have seen a steep increase the last few > days. The steepest climber is armeb, followed by alpha and hppa. It > is great to see that the t

Bug#334429: ITP: transcend -- retro-style, abstract, 2D shooter

2005-10-17 Thread Miriam Ruiz
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Miriam Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: transcend Version : 0.3 Upstream Author : Jason Rohrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://transcend.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL Description : retro-style, abstrac

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Re: udev and Logitech mouse applet

2005-10-17 Thread Christopher Martin
On October 17, 2005 13:03, Marco d'Itri wrote: > > The problem seems to be that udev runs lmctl before the usbfs entry > > corresponding to your mouse has been created under /proc/bus/usb. The > > By design. The correct rule would be: > > BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="046d", SYSFS{idProduct}=="c025

Re: Bits from the release team: the plans for etch

2005-10-17 Thread Paul TBBle Hampson
On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 07:27:14PM +0200, Olaf van der Spek wrote: > On 10/17/05, Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Simon Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> That is why I ask that before an NMU, someone should show me the patch, > >> and if I reply "I don't have time right no

Re: Bits from the release team: the plans for etch

2005-10-17 Thread Olaf van der Spek
On 10/17/05, Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Simon Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > That is why I ask that before an NMU, someone should show me the patch, > > and if I reply "I don't have time right now, okay to NMU that if you > > like" then it's fine (and in fact it is

Re: udev and Logitech mouse applet

2005-10-17 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Oct 17, Christopher Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > BUS="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}="046d", SYSFS{idProduct}="c025", > > PROGRAM="/usr/bin/lmctl -8 --sms" > The problem seems to be that udev runs lmctl before the usbfs entry > corresponding to your mouse has been created under /proc/bus/usb.

Re: Bits from the release team: the plans for etch

2005-10-17 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Simon Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That is why I ask that before an NMU, someone should show me the patch, > and if I reply "I don't have time right now, okay to NMU that if you > like" then it's fine (and in fact it is going to be the answer you will > hear most from me ATM). What if

Re: Managing SSL certificates

2005-10-17 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 15:35:40 +0200, Peter Palfrader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I think better than yet another complex system to handle reference >counts and stuff all packages should by default just be configured to >use /the/ host certificate. > >That is, have all packages that need ssl certs de

Re: Finding out in postinst whether some other package is configured

2005-10-17 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Op ma, 17-10-2005 te 16:17 +0200, schreef Frank Küster: > Hi Wouter, > > thanks for your answer - did you reply to me instead to the list on > purpose? Uh, no -- sorry. > If you want, you can cite me on the list. Here goes :) > Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> The big problem

Re: Finding out in postinst whether some other package is configured

2005-10-17 Thread Frank Küster
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also how would a package inset such a Post-Invoke line into the > conffig? Modifying the conffile would be a policy violation. The package that provides the hook to run provides the config entry; the packages that need to run the hook touch a file

Re: Bug#334279: ITP: cando -- student competency tracker

2005-10-17 Thread Frank Küster
Brian Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 11:33:50AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: >> also sprach Brian Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.10.16.2047 +0200]: >> > Extra ITP information: >> > I am packaging this for unstable so that more people can use this, >> >

Re: Finding out in postinst whether some other package is configured

2005-10-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> Frank Küster wrote: >>> In the particular case, the reason is something else: If the recommended package B (tetex-bin) is there, it makes

Re: udev and Logitech mouse applet

2005-10-17 Thread Christopher Martin
On October 16, 2005 18:12, Frank Hart wrote: > I use the following udev rule to let the Logitech applet change the dpi > from 400 to 800: > > BUS="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}="046d", SYSFS{idProduct}="c025", > PROGRAM="/usr/bin/lmctl -8 --sms" > > This worked with udev 0.068. After I installed 0.070 I ha

Re: Effort to change IETF's copying conditions for RFCs

2005-10-17 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I received some feedback from the IPR WG, resulting in this wording: > The Contributor grants third parties the right to > copy and distribute the Contribution, with or without > modification, in any medium, without royalty. The

Re: Bug#334279: ITP: cando -- student competency tracker

2005-10-17 Thread Brian Sutherland
On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 11:33:50AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Brian Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.10.16.2047 +0200]: > > Extra ITP information: > > I am packaging this for unstable so that more people can use this, > > but do not think it is ready for release until i

Re: Finding out in postinst whether some other package is configured

2005-10-17 Thread Frank Küster
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Frank Küster wrote: >> >>> In the particular case, the reason is something else: If the recommended >>> package B (tetex-bin) is there, it makes sense to run one of its >>> executables (mktexlsr,

Re: Effort to change IETF's copying conditions for RFCs

2005-10-17 Thread John Hasler
Simon Josefsson writes: > Is that license acceptable to the Debian community? Looks fine to me. Is it going to be retroactive? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Finding out in postinst whether some other package is configured

2005-10-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Frank Küster wrote: > >> In the particular case, the reason is something else: If the recommended >> package B (tetex-bin) is there, it makes sense to run one of its >> executables (mktexlsr, updmap) to register the files of package A (any TeX >> f

Re: Effort to change IETF's copying conditions for RFCs

2005-10-17 Thread Florian Weimer
* Simon Josefsson: > I received some feedback from the IPR WG, resulting in this wording: > > The Contributor grants third parties the right to > copy and distribute the Contribution, with or without > modification, in any medium, without royalty. The IETF > requests tha

Re: Effort to change IETF's copying conditions for RFCs

2005-10-17 Thread Simon Josefsson
Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Peter Samuelson: > >>> * Simon Josefsson: >>> > The Contributor grants third parties the right to >>> > copy and distribute the Contribution, with or without >>> > modification, in any medium, without royalty. If the >>> > Contribution

Non-x86 architectures becomes more popular in Debian...

2005-10-17 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
I'm pleased to observe that the non-x86 architectures reporting to debian popularity-contest have seen a steep increase the last few days. The steepest climber is armeb, followed by alpha and hppa. It is great to see that the total count of submitters are up to 7850. Visit http://popcon.debian.o

Re: Bug#334279: ITP: cando -- student competency tracker

2005-10-17 Thread Frank Küster
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also sprach Brian Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.10.16.2047 +0200]: >> Extra ITP information: >> I am packaging this for unstable so that more people can use this, >> but do not think it is ready for release until it is more closely >>

Re: Bug#334279: ITP: cando -- student competency tracker

2005-10-17 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Brian Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.10.16.2047 +0200]: > Extra ITP information: > I am packaging this for unstable so that more people can use this, > but do not think it is ready for release until it is more closely > integrated with the SchoolTool packages. A seriou

Re: Bits from the release team: the plans for etch

2005-10-17 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, Steve Langasek wrote: It's easy to understand why people are opposed to too-frequent NMUs. They don't want to be seen as bad maintainers for having too many NMUs on their packages; they worry about new bugs being introduced in the process; they worry about sloppy fixes hiding bugs and prev

Re: Managing SSL certificates

2005-10-17 Thread Olaf van der Spek
On 10/16/05, sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 03:59:17PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > Such a tool would be very nice, and not just because of the cruft they > > leave behind -- many packages currently support SSL connections; some > > automatically generate a se

Re: time seen at top of /var/log/boot

2005-10-17 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On 10/17/05, Jon Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 07:01:52AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > > No its not my BIOS time. It appears to be a timezone 4 timezones east > > of New Zealand, GMT+16, i.e., out of this world. How about on your > > machine? > > I don't have a /var/l